Protesters plan to shut down yet another busy Chicago street, this time it is to be the city’s famed Lake Shore Drive which will be brought to a standstill by protesters marching against the rising violence in the Windy City.

During the opening monologue on Monday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, host Jimmy Kimmel cried over the the Las Vegas attack, pushed for more gun control, bad-mouthed Republicans, but did not say a word about the number of innocents gunned down in Chicago every month.

The City of Chicago has become notorious for its appallingly high murder rate, but what many may not know is that the harsh reality of living in Chicago has also taken a toll among the City’s thin blue line as seen in the growing number of police suicides.

Following Monday’s presidential debate Politifact did a fact-check on Donald Trump’s claim that there have been “thousands of shootings” in gun-controlled Chicago this year alone. On September 27 they published the results of their check by announcing that Trump’s statement was “true.”

As the City of Chicago continues its descent into chaos and violence, a memo from Chicago’s police union is urging officers to refuse overtime shifts during the expected surge in violence over the upcoming Labor Day weekend.

As the nation took to backyard BBQs and paused to celebrate the birth of our nation, the incessant gang warfare in and around the Chicago area continued without a hitch with 37 shootings and six deaths over the three-day weekend. The tragic toll included the death of a 39-year-father and his two young girls in a nearby Chicago suburb.